Lithuania national football team














































































Lithuania
Association
Lithuanian Football Federation
(Lietuvos futbolo federacija – LFF)
Confederation
UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Edgaras Jankauskas
Captain Fiodor Černych
Most caps

Andrius Skerla (84)
Top scorer
Tomas Danilevičius (19)
Home stadium LFF Stadium
FIFA code LTU

















First colours














Second colours



FIFA ranking
Current 129 Decrease 3 (25 October 2018)[1]
Highest 37 (October 2008)
Lowest 148 (November 2017)
Elo ranking
Current 121 Decrease 16 (9 November 2018)[2]
Highest 47 (10 September 2008)
Lowest 150 (27 May 1990)
First international

Lithuania Lithuania 0–5 Estonia 
(Kaunas, Lithuania; 24 June 1923)
Biggest win

Lithuania Lithuania 7–0 Estonia 
(Riga, Latvia; 20 May 1995)
Biggest defeat

 Egypt 10–0 Lithuania Lithuania
(Paris, France; 27 May 1924)

The Lithuania national football team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė futbolo rinktinė) is under the auspices of the Lithuanian Football Federation. It played its first match in 1923. In 1940, Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union; the country regained its independence in 1990 and played their first match as a new nation against Georgia on 27 May of that year.


Although Lithuania has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, nor the UEFA European Championship, it has successfully participated in the local sub-regional Baltic Cup tournament, which takes place every two years between Lithuania and its Baltic rivals, Latvia and Estonia. Lithuania has won the Baltic Cup championship 11 times, only Latvia has more. Despite this Lithuania holds the record for winning the most consecutive Baltic Cup championships, four titles in a row from 1996 till 2000.


Since 2012 the team has played its home matches at the LFF Stadium, Vilnius.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Tournament records


    • 2.1 World Cup record


    • 2.2 European Championship record




  • 3 Recent results


  • 4 FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifying


  • 5 Euro 2016 qualification


  • 6 Personnel


    • 6.1 Current coaching staff




  • 7 Players


    • 7.1 Current squad


    • 7.2 Recent call-ups




  • 8 Statistics


    • 8.1 Top 10 Lithuania goalscorers


    • 8.2 Top 10 most capped Lithuania players




  • 9 Head to head records


  • 10 List of managers


  • 11 References


  • 12 External links





History


In the 1990s, Lithuania established a respectable presence in the World Cup and European Championship qualifiers: third place in their group in both Euro 1996 and the 1998 World Cup qualifiers. In the Euro 2004 qualifiers, they were once again contenders for qualification and managed an away draw with Germany and a home win over Scotland; however, a 1–0 defeat to Scotland in the final game ended their hopes. Although finishing fifth in their 2006 World Cup qualifying group, Lithuania were nevertheless competitive.


Lithuania drew with world champions Italy 1–1 in Naples in a Euro 2008 qualifying game on 2 September 2006, in the first competitive game that Italy played since the World Cup final.


On 6 September 2008, Lithuania defeated Romania 3–0 in a 2010 World Cup qualifier. The victory was regarded by many as "a historic win."[3] It was followed by another successful 2–0 performance against Austria in Marijampolė on 10 September 2008.



Tournament records



World Cup record














































































































































FIFA World Cup record


FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year
Round
Position

Pld

W

D*

L

GF

GA

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Uruguay 1930

Did not enter

Declined participation

Italy 1934

Did not qualify
1
0
0
1
0
2

France 1938
2
0
0
2
3
9

Brazil 1950 to Italy 1990

Part of  Soviet Union

Part of  Soviet Union

United States 1994

Did not qualify
12
2
3
7
8
21

France 1998
10
5
2
3
11
8

South Korea Japan 2002
8
0
2
6
3
20

Germany 2006
10
2
4
4
8
9

South Africa 2010
10
4
0
6
10
11

Brazil 2014
10
3
2
5
9
11

Russia 2018
10
1
3
6
7
20

Qatar 2022

To be determined

To be determined

Canada Mexico United States 2026

Total


0/23







73

17

16

40

59

111


European Championship record











Recent results































































































































































Date Venue Opponent Result Goalscorer(s) Captain Competition

2017
5 October 2017
Ta' Qali, Malta
 Malta 1–1 Vykintas Slivka Fiodor Černych
FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier
8 October 2017
Vilnius, Lithuania
 England 0–1 Fiodor Černych
FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier

2018
24 March 2018
Tbilisi, Georgia
 Georgia 4–0 Fiodor Černych
International friendly
27 March 2018
Yerevan, Armenia
 Armenia 0–1 Ovidijus Verbickas Fiodor Černych
International friendly
30 May 2018
Rakvere, Estonia
 Estonia 2–0 Fiodor Černych
2018 Baltic Cup
5 June 2018
Vilnius, Lithuania
 Latvia 1–1 Karolis Laukžemis Fiodor Černych
2018 Baltic Cup
8 June 2018
Moscow, Russia
 Iran 1–0 Mantas Kuklys
International friendly
12 June 2018
Warsaw, Poland
 Poland 4–0 Fiodor Černych
International friendly
8 July 2018
Colombo, Sri Lanka
 Sri Lanka 0–0 Simonas Paulius
International friendly
11 July 2018
Colombo, Sri Lanka
 Sri Lanka 0–2
Laurynas Stonkus, Lukas Artimavičius
Martynas Dapkus
International friendly
7 September 2018
Vilnius, Lithuania
 Serbia 0–1 Fiodor Černych
2018–19 UEFA Nations League
10 September 2018
Podgorica, Montenegro
 Montenegro 2–0 Fiodor Černych
2018–19 UEFA Nations League
11 October 2018
Vilnius, Lithuania
 Romania 1–2 Artūras Žulpa
2018–19 UEFA Nations League
14 October 2018
Vilnius, Lithuania
 Montenegro 1–4 Rolandas Baravykas
2018–19 UEFA Nations League
17 November 2018
Ploiești, Romania
 Romania
2018–19 UEFA Nations League
20 November 2018
Belgrade, Serbia
 Serbia
2018–19 UEFA Nations League


FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifying













































































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification













1

 England
10
8
2
0
18
3
+15
26
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup



2–1

3–0

1–0

2–0

2–0
2

 Slovakia
10
6
0
4
17
7
+10
18



0–1


3–0

1–0

4–0

3–0
3

 Scotland
10
5
3
2
17
12
+5
18


2–2

1–0


1–0

1–1

2–0
4

 Slovenia
10
4
3
3
12
7
+5
15


0–0

1–0

2–2


4–0

2–0
5

 Lithuania
10
1
3
6
7
20
−13
6


0–1

1–2

0–3

2–2


2–0
6

 Malta
10
0
1
9
3
25
−22
1


0–4

1–3

1–5

0–1

1–1


Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers


Euro 2016 qualification














































































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification


England

Switzerland

Slovenia

Estonia

Lithuania

San Marino
1

 England
10
10
0
0
31
3
+28
30
Qualify for final tournament



2–0

3–1

2–0

4–0

5–0
2

  Switzerland
10
7
0
3
24
8
+16
21


0–2


3–2

3–0

4–0

7–0
3

 Slovenia
10
5
1
4
18
11
+7
16
Advance to play-offs


2–3

1–0


1–0

1–1

6–0
4

 Estonia
10
3
1
6
4
9
−5
10



0–1

0–1

1–0


1–0

2–0
5

 Lithuania
10
3
1
6
7
18
−11
10


0–3

1–2

0–2

1–0


2–1
6

 San Marino
10
0
1
9
1
36
−35
1


0–6

0–4

0–2

0–0

0–2


Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers


Personnel



Current coaching staff























Position
Name
Head coach

Lithuania Edgaras Jankauskas
Assistant coach

Lithuania Igoris Morinas
Assistant coach

Lithuania Rokas Garastas
Goalkeeping coach

Lithuania Audrius Ramonas


Players



Current squad


The following players were called up for the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League matches against Romania on 11 October and Montenegro on 14 October 2018.[4]









































































































































































































































No.

Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club


1GK

Ernestas Šetkus

(1985-05-25) 25 May 1985 (age 33)
23
0

Israel Hapoel Haifa


1GK

Emilijus Zubas

(1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 (age 28)
12
0

Israel Bnei Yehuda


1GK

Džiugas Bartkus

(1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 29)
2
0

Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona



2DF

Egidijus Vaitkūnas

(1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 30)
41
0

Belarus Minsk


2DF

Valdemar Borovskij

(1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 (age 34)
27
0

Lithuania Trakai


2DF

Linas Klimavičius

(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 29)
20
0

Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius


2DF

Vaidas Slavickas

(1986-02-26) 26 February 1986 (age 32)
17
0

Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė


2DF

Edvinas Girdvainis

(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 25)
14
0

Azerbaijan Keşla


2DF

Rolandas Baravykas

(1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 23)
12
1

Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius


2DF

Algis Jankauskas

(1982-09-27) 27 September 1982 (age 36)
10
0

Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė


2DF

Justinas Januševskij

(1994-03-26) 26 March 1994 (age 24)
2
0

Lithuania Trakai


2DF

Vaidotas Šilėnas

(1985-07-16) 16 July 1985 (age 33)
1
0

Lithuania Trakai



3MF

Arvydas Novikovas

(1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 (age 27)
50
5

Poland Jagiellonia Białystok


3MF

Fedor Černych (Captain)

(1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 (age 27)
46
8

Russia Dynamo Moscow


3MF

Mantas Kuklys

(1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 31)
33
0

Kazakhstan Zhetysu


3MF

Artūras Žulpa

(1990-06-10) 10 June 1990 (age 28)
32
1

Kazakhstan Tobol


3MF

Vykintas Slivka

(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 23)
31
2

Scotland Hibernian


3MF

Deimantas Petravičius

(1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 23)
9
0

Scotland Falkirk


3MF

Modestas Vorobjovas

(1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 22)
9
0

Lithuania Trakai


3MF

Donatas Kazlauskas

(1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 (age 24)
7
0

Lithuania Trakai


3MF

Povilas Leimonas

(1987-11-16) 16 November 1987 (age 30)
5
0

Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė


3MF

Domantas Šimkus

(1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 22)
0
0

Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius



4FW

Darvydas Šernas

(1984-07-22) 22 July 1984 (age 34)
45
5

Uzbekistan Sogdiana Jizzakh


4FW

Nerijus Valskis

(1987-08-04) 4 August 1987 (age 31)
20
1

Thailand Ratchaburi


Recent call-ups


The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months.














































































































































Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club
Latest call-up

GK

Tomas Švedkauskas

(1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 24)
1
0

Lithuania Trakai
v.  Poland, 12 June 2018

GK

Ignas Plūkas

(1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 24)
0
0

Lithuania Trakai
v.  Poland, 12 June 2018

GK

Vytautas Černiauskas

(1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 (age 29)
4
0

Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
v.  Armenia, 27 March 2018

GK

Edvinas Gertmonas

(1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 (age 22)
1
0

France Rennes
v.  Armenia, 27 March 2018


DF

Tomas Mikuckis

(1983-01-13) 13 January 1983 (age 35)
22
0

Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala
v.  Poland, 12 June 2018

DF

Markas Beneta

(1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 25)
1
0

Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
v.  Poland, 12 June 2018


MF

Simonas Paulius

(1991-05-12) 12 May 1991 (age 27)
10
0

Poland Widzew Łódź
v.  Montenegro, 10 September 2018

MF

Justas Lasickas

(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 21)
6
0

Poland Jagiellonia Białystok
v.  Montenegro, 10 September 2018

MF

Ovidijus Verbickas

(1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 25)
12
1

Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė
v.  Montenegro, 10 September 2018

MF

Daniel Romanovskij

(1996-06-19) 19 June 1996 (age 22)
2
0

Serbia Zemun
v.  Montenegro, 10 September 2018

MF

Gratas Sirgėdas

(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 23)
3
0

Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
v.  Poland, 12 June 2018

MF

Simonas Urbys

(1995-11-07) 7 November 1995 (age 23)
2
0

Lithuania Palanga
v.  Poland, 12 June 2018

MF

Ernestas Veliulis

(1995-08-22) 22 August 1995 (age 23)
2
0

Lithuania Jonava
v.  Poland, 12 June 2018


FW

Karolis Laukžemis

(1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 26)
6
1

Croatia Istra 1961
v.  Poland, 12 June 2018


Statistics



Top 10 Lithuania goalscorers


As of 27 March 2018, the ten highest scorers for Lithuania are:
























































































#
Player
Career
Goals (Caps)
Avg/game
1

Tomas Danilevičius
1998–2012
19 0 (71)
0.267
2

Antanas Lingis
1928–1938
12 0 (33)
0.363
3

Edgaras Jankauskas
1991–2008
10 0 (56)
0.178
4

Virginijus Baltušnikas
1990–1998
9 0 (42)
0.214
5

Jaroslavas Citavičius
1926–1933
8 0 (24)
0.333

Valdas Ivanauskas
1990–2000
8 0 (28)
0.285

Fiodor Černych
2012–
8 0 (40)
0.205

Darius Maciulevičius
1991–2005
8 0 (38)
0.210

Robertas Poškus
1999–2011
8 0 (48)
0.166
10

Artūras Fomenka
1996–2003
7 0 (23)
0.304

Tomas Ražanauskas
1995–2011
7 0 (41)
0.170

Igoris Morinas
1996–2007
7 0 (51)
0.137


  • Bold denotes players still playing international football.


Top 10 most capped Lithuania players


As of 27 March 2018, the ten players with the most caps for Lithuania are:



























































































#
Name
Career
Caps
Goals
1

Andrius Skerla
1996–2011
84
1
2

Deividas Šemberas
1996–2013
82
0
3

Saulius Mikoliūnas
2004–
74
5
4

Tomas Danilevičius
1998–2012
71
19
5

Žydrūnas Karčemarskas
2003–2013
66
0
6

Aurelijus Skarbalius
1991–2005
65
5

Marius Stankevičius
2001–2013
65
5
8

Deividas Česnauskis
2001–
64
4
9

Gintaras Staučė
1992–2004
61
0
10

Edgaras Jankauskas
1991–2008
56
10

Andrėjus Tereškinas
1991–2000
56
3

Tomas Žvirgždauskas
1998–2011
56
0


  • Bold denotes players still playing international football.


Head to head records


As of 11 July 2018.






























































































































































































































































































































































































































































List of managers






































































































































































































Name

Nat
From
To
Games
Won
Drawn
Lost

GF

GA

Win%

Benjaminas Zelkevičius
Lithuania 1990 1991

7000300000000000000♠3

7000100000000000000♠1

7000200000000000000♠2

5000000000000000000♠0

7000700000000000000♠7

7000400000000000000♠4

07001333300000000000♠33.33

Algimantas Liubinskas
Lithuania 1992 1994

7001290000000000000♠29

7000700000000000000♠7

7000800000000000000♠8

7001140000000000000♠14

7001290000000000000♠29

7001480000000000000♠48

07001241400000000000♠24.14

Benjaminas Zelkevičius
Lithuania 1995 1997

7001290000000000000♠29

7001120000000000000♠12

7000600000000000000♠6

7001110000000000000♠11

7001450000000000000♠45

7001410000000000000♠41

07001413800000000000♠41.38

Kęstutis Latoža
Lithuania 1998 1999

7001180000000000000♠18

7000500000000000000♠5

7000400000000000000♠4

7000900000000000000♠9

7001150000000000000♠15

7001240000000000000♠24

07001277800000000000♠27.78

Robertas Tautkus (caretaker)
Lithuania 1999 1999

7000100000000000000♠1

5000000000000000000♠0

5000000000000000000♠0

7000100000000000000♠1

5000000000000000000♠0

7000300000000000000♠3

005000000000000000000♠0.00

Stasys Stankus
Lithuania 2000
2000

7000800000000000000♠8

7000200000000000000♠2

5000000000000000000♠0

7000600000000000000♠6

7000800000000000000♠8

7001180000000000000♠18

07001250000000000000♠25.00

Julius Kvedaras (caretaker)
Lithuania 2000
2000

7000100000000000000♠1

5000000000000000000♠0

5000000000000000000♠0

7000100000000000000♠1

7000100000000000000♠1

7000600000000000000♠6

005000000000000000000♠0.00

Benjaminas Zelkevičius
Lithuania 2001 2003

7001190000000000000♠19

7000400000000000000♠4

7000300000000000000♠3

7001120000000000000♠12

7001200000000000000♠20

7001410000000000000♠41

07001210500000000000♠21.05

Algimantas Liubinskas
Lithuania 2003 2008

7001500000000000000♠50

7001180000000000000♠18

7000600000000000000♠6

7001260000000000000♠26

7001540000000000000♠54

7001650000000000000♠65

07001360000000000000♠36.00

José Couceiro
Portugal 2008 2009

7001150000000000000♠15

7000600000000000000♠6

7000300000000000000♠3

7000600000000000000♠6

7001170000000000000♠17

7001150000000000000♠15

07001400000000000000♠40.00

Raimondas Žutautas
Lithuania 2010 2011

7001160000000000000♠16

7000400000000000000♠4

7000300000000000000♠3

7000900000000000000♠9

7001110000000000000♠11

7001220000000000000♠22

07001250000000000000♠25.00

Csaba László
Hungary 2012 2013

7001160000000000000♠16

7000200000000000000♠2

7000400000000000000♠4

7001100000000000000♠10

7001120000000000000♠12

7001280000000000000♠28

07001125000000000000♠12.50

Igoris Pankratjevas
Lithuania 2013 2015

7001210000000000000♠21

7000500000000000000♠5

7000500000000000000♠5

7001110000000000000♠11

7001140000000000000♠14

7001310000000000000♠31

07001238100000000000♠23.81

Edgaras Jankauskas
Lithuania 2016
present

7001260000000000000♠26

7000300000000000000♠3

7000500000000000000♠5

7001180000000000000♠18

7001140000000000000♠14

7001500000000000000♠50

07001115400000099999♠11.54


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External links




  • Lithuanian Football Association Official Site (Lithuanian)

  • All Lithuanian Team Games 1923–1930

  • Reports for all matches of Lithuania national team


  • Lithuanian football videos Lithuanian Football TV










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